MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix in Bahrain on Sunday while rage boiled beyond the track among protesters who say the ruling family that crushed Arab Spring demonstrations last year should not have hosted the race.
High security kept trouble well away from the track, where Red Bull's Vettel had started in pole position in a race that passed without incident. But demonstrators said the nightly violence over the past week showed the authorities' determination to go ahead with the race this year was a mistake.
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